It's looking like we might have to take two cars Salome... And in shock news Brothers have discontinued toffee apple cider in cans and now only sell it in glass bottles (DH actually rang them to find out)

Last night crashing in my own bed was the best nights sleep I've ever had!

A great time had by all - we loved Mr Wilson's Second Liners, Gabby Young, John Hegley and all the regulars - retro disco, tribal tournament/wild rumpus (go foxes!), clay babies, lantern parade, outdoor cinema etc.

I don't know if there were more tickets sold or a reduced programme this year but I did think it was oversubscribed - as a notoriously disorganised family by the time we arrived at any workshop/performance it was invariably full - The Curiousity Shop and Musica workshops looked amazing but booked up hours in advance and we only got into The Story Giant at the third attempt after queuing for 40 minutes. I missed the spontaneity of opening the programme and picking the next thing on at random!

That was the only disappointment of the weekend (well, that and our lack of costumes for the wild rumpus - one was lost in the woods, one was involved in a not reaching the toilet in time incident, three were left at home) so I can't complain, we will definitely be back next year!

John Hegley was fab! Think he had the biggest audience out of everyone who was on the Footlights stage.

Agree with workshops - I don't think the programme said that The New Curiosity Shop workshops had to be booked so we missed out on Saturday. Got near the front of the queue on Sunday morning (08:45) and managed to get DS into Film making which he thought was great.

They did put on extra workshops on the Sunday afternoon but I think a lot of people saw the length of the queue to book and were turned off by that.

Hopefully they'll do more of these 7+ workshops next year as DS will be 10 and it would be a shame for him to outgrow Just So already.

Have you filled out the feedback form Slothbear - I did it this afternoon and went into some detail about them needing to increase the programming/capacity (or to sell less tickets). If they get the same feedback from every direction they will hopefully act on it!

I really fancy Bestival but Just So is very much in our comfort zone (small scale and just about close enough to drive home and back again the next day if we had a camping disaster). We will definitely give it another chance next year but maybe think further afield as the dcs grow.